Windows XP x64
My copy of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition finally arrived. I am impressed thus far. To date it is the fastest booting machine I have seen. I have only rebooted once thus far after installing an update (Yes there is an update already!!) and was amazed by how fast it was actually in the Windows interface. Honestly it must have been less than 2 seconds on the screen where you have the little blue car circling and then boom - the login screen. It seems to take at least 15x longer for my BIOS and GigE to post and start up. The install took roughly 45 minutes and ALL my main drivers (sound, lan, video) were found and installed from the Windows CD. Firefox and Thunderbird had no problems installing and I am writing this post from Firefox 1.0.4. The responsiveness of the OS is pretty astounding I must say. I can’t wait for binaries of my favorite program to show up in 64 bit versions!